Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25
Albert* Jones	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Alpha Centauri	Love is a Curse	ST	06:19
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Maple Sugar Two Step	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:10
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Young Fellow, My Lad	War War War	04:49
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Joe* Glazer	A Douglas for Me	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:12
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	We The People	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:23
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Matt* Lucas	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:20
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Respect	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	02:50
Jack Holland	The Time Or the Place	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:46
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Dils*	Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit)	Made In Canada	03:26
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Matt* Lucas	The Nuthouse	Matt Gets Blue	02:30
Ellen McIlwaine	You May be All I Need	Ellen McIlwaine	04:04
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Matt* Lucas	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Hard Days Night	And I Love Her	02:33
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	King of the Cops	I'm a Song	03:06
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Zambonis*	Live Intro - Hockey Monkey	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:47
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Matt* Lucas	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
David Amram	Your Smile On My Mind	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:34
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Matt* Lucas	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	We the People	03:06
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Aarons And Ackley*	There Is A Lady	ST	02:21
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23
Albert* Jones	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна	Ukrainian Pops	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billy Joe	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:13

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

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Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

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Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

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Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

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Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

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Aarons And Ackley* - ST

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Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

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Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

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Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

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Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

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Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

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Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

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Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

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Albert* Jones - The Facts of Life

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Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

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Dils* - Made In Canada

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Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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Ernie* Smith - Skareggae

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